Description
A ginsenoside with diverse biological activities; increases the proliferation of HHDPCs and HaCaT human keratinocytes at 0.01, 0.1, and 1 µM; induces hair growth and increases hair density following depilation in mice at 0.5 and 2.5 mg/kg; cytotoxic to U373MG glioblastoma cells in vitro (IC50 = 50 µg/ml); reduces tumor growth in a U373MG mouse xenograft model at 35 mg/kg every other day; reduces TPA-induced ear edema in mice 1 mg/ear; a human intestinal bacterial metabolite of ginsenoside Rb1 via the intermediate ginsenoside Rd